Faculty Awards

2012

Dr. Lisa Zhao receives the Henry W. Bloch School of Management Richard and Laura Cray Award for Innovative Teaching, 2011- 2012.
Dr. Sunny Li Sun receives the United States Association for Small Business Entrepreneurship (USASBE) conference, the Best Paper Award, US$1000, 2012.
Dr. Michael Song is ranked as the world's #1 innovation management scholar in the world by the Journal of Product Innovation Management.
Dr. Mark Parry is ranked as the world's #4 innovation management scholar in the world by the Journal of Product Innovation Management.
Dr. Lisa Zhao is ranked as the world's #50 innovation management scholar in the world by the Journal of Product Innovation Management.

2011

Dr. Sunny Li Sun receives the Consortium for International Marketing Research, Best Paper Award, US$1000, 2011.
Dr. Sunny Li Sun receives the UMKC Summer Research Grant, US$5000, 2011.

2010

Dr. Sunny Li Sun receives the LSE Alternative Investments Research Conference, GBP 300 travel Stipend, 2010.
Dr. Sunny Li Sun receives the Distinguished Reviewer Award, the Southwest Academy of Management, 2010.

2009

Dr. Michael Song receives the Research Publication Award, presented by International Association for Management of Technology in April, 2009. The award was given to scholars for being in the top 1% of researchers in technology Innovation Management, an international field that includes thousands. The excellence in research award is based on academic journal publication record over the last 5 years. April 2009.
Dr. Sunni Li Sun receives a research grant from the China National Science Foundation No.70802029 With Daying Yan, RMB100,000.
Dr. Michael Song is honored for "Outstanding Service to the Journal of Academy of Marketing Science Editorial Review Board 2008-2009", presented by the Academy of Marketing Science, 2009.
Dr. Sunni Li Sun receives a Travel Stipend Award from the Academy of International Business.
Dr. Carla Pavone is named advisor of the UMKC Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club.

2008

Dr. Richard Arend receives a Entrepreneurship Center Research Grant.
Dr. Michael Song is named Professional Leader of the Year, presented by Asian American Bar Association City of Kansas City, May 2008.
Dr. Mark Parry receives the Best Research Paper Award, High Technology Small Firms Conference, The Netherlands, 2008.
Dr. Michael Song is honored with the "Best Paper Award for 2008" for outstanding contributions to the journal of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, awarded by the Board of Governors of the IEEE Technology Management Council.
Dr. Richard Arend is granted a Shustek Research Award, College of Business, UNLV.
Dr. Michael Song and Dr. Mark Parry receive the "Best Research Paper Award" from 2008 High Technology Small Firms Conference Ondernemingshuis, Hengelosestraat 585, Enschede, The Netherlands. Article title: "Configurations Driving NPD Performance Fit with Market Demands and Time Constraints," Petra De Weerd-Nederhof, Klaasjan Visscher, Michael Song, and Mark Parry.

2007

Dr. Dirk Libaers receives the Best Paper Proceedings Academy of Management Meeting 2007, Philadelphia, PA for Libaers, D., and Hicks, D., (2007) “Identification of the technology commercialization strategies of high tech small firms.”
Dr. Carla Pavone is presented with the Outstanding Reviewer Award, Business Policy & Strategy Division, Academy of Management.
Dr. Richard Arend is granted a Shustek Research Award, College of Business, UNLV.
Dr. Michael Song is ranked as the World's #1 Innovation Management Scholar in a ranking article entitled "Perspective: The World's Top Innovation Management Scholars and Their Social Capital," Journal of Product Innovation Management, 2007, 24 (3), 214-229.
Dr. Michael Song is ranked as the most published scholar at the Journal of Product Innovation Management over the last twenty years. (Wim Biemans, Abbie Griffin, Rudy Moenaert (2007) "Twenty Years of the Journal of Product Innovation Management," Journal of Product Innovation Management, 24 (3), 193–213).
Dr. Carla Pavone receives a Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Minnesota.

2006

Dr. Michael Song is ranked among the "Most-Cited Scientists in Economics & Business" over a 10-year period from the November 1, 2006 update covering a ten-year plus six-month period, January 1996 - June 30, 2006. SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators (http://www.in-cites.com/nobel/2006-eco-top100.html)
Dr. Sunni Li Sun is granted a research award from the China National Science Foundation No.70602008 With Bing Ren, RMB100,000.
Dr. Richard Arend is granted a Shustek Research Award, College of Business, UNLV.
Dr. Carla Pavone receives a Summer Research Fellowship, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.
Dr. Michael Song is ranked as one of the top 20 technology management scholars in a ranking article published at R&D Management in 2006 [Ball, Derrick F. and John Rigby (2006), "Disseminating Research in Management of Technology: Journals and Authors," R&D Management, 36 (2), 205-215].
Dr. Teng-Kee Tan receives "Best University Team Award", The Nanyang Award.

2005

Dr. Michael Song and Dr. Mark Parry receive "The 2005 Excellence in Research Award" presented by the American Marketing Association for the article published in Journal of Marketing in 1997 entitled "A Cross National Comparative Study of New Product Development Processes: Japan and the United States". The award recognizes the author(s) of an outstanding research article published within the last 10 years which has significantly influenced the direction of global marketing.
Dr. Carla Pavone is presented with the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Carlson School of Management.
Dr. Teng-Kee Tan receives "Outstanding Teaching Award", University of Washington-NTU joint Technopreneurship Program.
Dr. Michael Song is listed in Leading Educators of the World, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2005.
Dr. Richard Arend is granted a Shustek Research Award, College of Business, UNLV.
Dr. Michael Song is listed in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st. Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2005.
Dr. Michael Song is Listed in International Professional of the Year for 2005, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2005.
Dr. Teng-Kee Tan receives "Best Teacher Award", Nanyang Technopreneurship Center, NTU.
Dr. Michael Song is named "The Cambridge Blue Book Man of the Year," International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2005.
Dr. Michael Song is one of the two recipients of the 2005 Oversea Distinguished Scholars' Award, National Science Foundation of China (Award #: 70528002, RMB400,000), 2005-2008.
Dr. Michael Song received award from the National Social Science Foundation of China (Strategic Project Award #: 03AJY006), 2003.
Dr. Teng-Kee Tan is given the "Best Paper Award in Marketing Strategy", American Marketing Association.

2004

Dr. Mark Parry is awarded the Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Retailing, 2004.
Dr. Teng-Kee Tan receives "Best Teacher Award", Nanyang Technopreneurship Center, NTU.
Dr. Michael Song is ranked as one of the 50 most prolific researchers in management of technology by the International Association of Technology Management, April 4, 2004. (The award was based on the number of articles published in the top nine academic Technology Innovation Management journals in the last five years).
Dr. Richard Arend is granted a Shustek Research Award, College of Business, UNLV.
Dr. Michael Song receives the Outstanding Teaching Award, Presented by the class of 2004 University of Washington-Nanyang Technological University Technopreneurship & Innovation Program, September 2004.

2003

Dr. Michael Song is honored with the "Marketing Strategy Best Paper Award", received at 2003 American Marketing Association Summer Educators' Conference (for the article entitled "The Role of Suppliers in Market Intelligence Gathering for Radical and Incremental Innovation in Start-up Firms," co-authored with R. Jeffrey Thieme.)

2002

Dr. Michael Song is granted the "Marketing and Entrepreneurship Best Paper Award", received at 2002 American Marketing Association Summer Educators' Conference (for the article entitled "The Effect of Market Intelligence Acquisition on Radical Product Innovation Performance in Entrepreneurial Firms," co-authored with R. Jeffrey Thieme.)
Dr. Michael song receives the "Chan K. Hahn Best Paper Award" at 2002 Academy of Management Conference, Denver, Colorado, August 2002. ( for the article entitled "Marketing-Manufacturing Joint Involvement Across Stages of New Product Development: Effects on the Success of Radical vs. Incremental Innovations," coauthored with Morgan Swink.)
Dr. Michael Song receives the Dean's International Research Award, University of Washington, 2002.

2001

Dr. Teng-Kee Tan is named the "Best Marketing Professor of the Year", Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Dr. Michael Song is the winner of the 2001 University of Washington Initiative Fund (awarded $215,000 per year for four years).
Dr. Teng-Kee Tan's "Innovative Teaching Pedagogy" is featured in the Asian Wall Street Journal.
Dr. Michael Song is granted the Dean's Entrepreneurial Research Award, University of Washington, 2001.

2000

Dr. Michael Song is listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World since 2000.
Dr. Michael Song is given the Citation of Excellence for the Highest Quality Rating Article.
Dr. Michael Song is a finalist for Professor of the Quarter for MBA Electives, University of Washington, 2000.

1999

Dr. Michael Song is given the Citation of Excellence for the Highest Quality Rating Article.

1998

Dr. Michael Song is a finalist for Michigan State University Teacher-Scholar Award.

1997

Dr. Sunni Li Sun receives the Nation Taiwan University Oversea Chinese Research Scholarship, NT$20,000.
Dr. Michael Song is awarded the Excellence in EMBA teaching award, Presented by the Class of 1997 students of the Program in Integrative Management, Michigan State University.
Dr. Michael Song is a finalist for Michigan State University Teacher-Scholar Award.
Dr. Michael Song receives Outstanding Teaching Award, The Weekend Executive MBA Program, Michigan State University, 1997.

1996

Dr. Michael Song receives the “Best Paper Award” from the Research Conference of the Product Development and Management Association in 1996.

1995

Dr. Mark Parry receives Honorable Mention, The William R. Davidson Award for Best Article Contributing to Theory and Practice in Retail Marketing, Journal of Retailing, 1995.
Dr. Michael Song receives Research Awards from the Campus-Wide Competition for the University of Tennessee Professional Development Awards

1994

Dr. Mark Parry is granted the Wachovia Award for Research.
Dr. Michael Song is granted the Wachovia Award for Excellence.
Dr. Michael Song receives Research Awards from the Campus-Wide Competition for the University of Tennessee Professional Development Awards.
Dr. Michael Song is nominated for the UTK Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award.

1993

Dr. Michael Song receives Research Awards from the Campus-Wide Competition for the University of Tennessee Professional Development Awards.
Dr. Michael Song is a Runner-up in the 1993 ORAU Junior Faculty Enhancement Award Competition.
Dr. Michael Song is presented with the Certificate of Excellence for the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards.
Dr. Michael Song is a Faculty Fellow to the 1993 Product Development and Management Association Frontier Dialogue
Dr. Michael Song is nominated for the UTK Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award.

1992

Dr. Michael Song is the winner of the 1992 Marketing Science Institute Research Competition on Enhancing the New Product Development Process.
Dr. Michael Song receives the "Best Paper Award" from the Research Conference of the Product Development and Management Association in 1992.
Dr. Michael Song is presented with the Allen H Keally Outstanding Teacher Award, The University of Tennessee.
Dr. Michael Song is nominated for the UTK Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award.

1991

Dr. Michael Song receives “Best Paper Award” from the Research Conference of the Product Development and Management Association in 1991.
Dr. Mark Parry is presented with the Outstanding Paper Award at the Product Development and Management Association's 1991 International Conference, Boston, MA.
Dr. Michael Song is Consortium Fellow, 1991 Academy of Management TIM Doctoral Consortium.
Dr. Michael Song is the winner of the “Three Star” Quality Rating Article.

1989

Dr. Michael Song is the recipient of the DuPont Doctoral Fellowship

1987

Dr. Teng-Kee Tan is "People of the Year" – 1987 Home Textile Magazine, USA.
Dr. Lisa Z. Song is awarded the Cornell University Henry Strong Denison Fellowship.
Dr. Mark Parry is Consortium Fellow, The Twenty-Second Annual AMA Doctoral Consortium.

1986

Dr. Lisa Song is the recipient of the Cornell University Schuyler-Gage Fellowship.
Dr. Teng-Kee Tan is presented with the "Progressive Marketer Award" from Northern Electric Co, Chicago.

1985

Dr. Lisa Z. Song is awarded the Cornell University Henry Strong Denison Fellowship.

1984

Dr. Lisa Z. Song is the recipient of a Chinese Department of Education Merit Scholarship.

1981

Dr. Mark Parry is named Outstanding Student-At-Large, Metropolitan State College.

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